Julie Sedivy is a Calgary-based writer and language scientist. She has taught linguistics and psychology at Brown University and the University of Calgary, and has recently published a textbook (Language in Mind) on the fast-growing field of psycholinguistics. She also writes for general audiences about language, how it sets up camp in the human mind, and how it plays out in human interactions and in society at large. You can read her bio here, check out her books, read her blog posts at Nautilus magazine or Language Log, or follow her on Twitter.